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President’s Jottings Dr Lilian Leong

It is with a heavy heart that I write this issue's jottings. We are all saddened by the passing away of Professor JOHN H. C. HO, Father of Radiology and Oncology in Hong Kong, on 10 August 2005. He was fondly nicknamed by his peers and pupils as " Emperor Ho" which was aptly appropriate because of the vast medical field he covered and aggregated, the staff he nurtured, the large scale of operation, the large number of patient population under care and the respect he commanded from those around him.

Professor Ho was not only the doyen of radiology in Hong Kong but also an internationally well-respected figure. He was a man of vision and dedication. He contributed immensely to Medicine and Radiology especially with his pioneer research in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

Dr. Ho's achievements are many. We owe the present state of delivery of radiology and oncology service to his relentless effort in the setting up of training institutes and examination centers for the formal building up of our professionals. He instigated the Institute of Radiology and Oncology(earlier known as Radiology Sub-department) in Hong Kong in 1950, the launching pad of radiology training and service in Hong Kong. With this setup and his immense effort, Prof. Ho obtained from London Society of Radiographers (later known as the College of Radiographers) the recognition of the Institute as a training centre for Radiographers to the standard for Diploma of the College of Radiographers in early 1950s. In 1955, Prof. Ho applied to the conjoint Board of the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England to recognize the Training of qualified doctors for the DMRD cum DMRT Part I examination which was fist held overseas in Hong Kong in October 1959. In 1978, Fellowship examination of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) Part II for both Diagnosis and Therapy was held in Hong Kong. We all aware of the subsequent successful development on these strong foundation blocks that Prof. Ho had laid down. With the setting up of Hong Kong College of Radiologists in 1992 and support from Royal College of Radiologists, joint examinations of the two Colleges have been held regularly. In honoring Prof. Ho for his achievements, our College has a lecture named after him and has invited renowned dignitaries to deliver these H. C. Ho's Lectures. The orators included Prof. Ho himself, Dr. E. K. Yeoh, Prof. Arthur Li, Prof. L. C. Tsui, Dr. C. H. Leong and this year will be Prof. Janet Husband.

He was decorated the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1985 for his outstanding services. His contributions to our profession were profound and far-reaching.

Many of us who had the fortunate opportunities to work under him or to know him in person appreciate his pleasant personality and kind smile.

Newsletter Autumn Issue, 2005

Official Publication of Hong Kong College of Radiologists

IN THIS ISSUE

President’s Jottings…………...1 Prof. HC Ho……..3 ‘Paper Boat’ Messages ……..…..5 Congratulations to Dr Leong …………7 Congratulations to Dr Alice Wu & Dr YP Lee………….…8 RCR Exam Calendar……….…9 Exam & Results..10 Membership Status…………….12 Breast Cancer Symposium ….…13 Porcelain cup and saucer sets ……...14 Revised HKCR Subscription and Fees ………………15 Conferences…….16

Editorial Board

HS LAM

J CHAN

W FOO

J KHOO

TL KWAN

CY LUI

Y WONG

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I understand that many of our members are already well aware of the contributions of Prof. Ho, the many tributes and obituaries published on Prof. Ho in many journals, medical publications and his autobiography are recommended as they will reflect different angles of the life and times of this doyen of Radiology.

This month is our busy month for our joint examination and our first joint scientific meeting with the Royal College of Radiologists. This year sees a large number of candidates for Radiology, especially from overseas candidates from the region. It is indeed encouraging to be able to facilitate our colleagues in the region to sit for the FRCR examination. I hope our overseas candidates can also take the opportunity to join our Annual Scientific Meeting which is scheduled right after the examination. To tie together the examinations, our annual scientific meeting and the Sixth Ho Hung Chiu Lecture within a week means hard work for our secretariat and our Council especially the Scientific Subcommittee. However, by doing so, our members can have the opportunity to meet our Examiners and the Officers from the Royal College. The lectures delivered by our visitor no doubt enhance the scientific spectrum of our program. It is a grand week of our College that everyone looks forward to every year. For all these to be possible, we need to thank the Royal College of Radiologists, Diane Lee and her staff and Education Committee and Scientific Subcommittee.

There are further development in the Academy of Medicine's initiatives to enhance close liaison with our medical counterparts in Mainland. The training curriculum of our Academy Colleges have been passed to the Minister of Health, China for their information. There were meetings arranged with counterparts of some specialties during the visit of the delegations from Mainland. Amongst the agenda, one item was the possibility of holding our Fellowship examinations, together with the relevant Royal Colleges, in the Mainland or to allow Mainland graduates to take the Academy College Fellowship examinations. Some Colleges have already taken a lead. However, further detailed discussions are necessary before coming to any consensus. One area of particular concern is to categorically denote that obtaining the Fellowships of the different Academy Colleges do not automatically confer on the candidate the right to practice medicine in Hong Kong.

Your College has been discussing how our direction should be and has also started to explore various possibilities. If the Council has some preliminary decision, the opinion of our members will be sought. Meanwhile, the Council welcomes any opinions on the issues.

Lilian Leong 18th October 2005

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Prof. John H.C. Ho (6 July 1916 - 10 August 2005)

Prof. John H.C. Ho, deeply respected as Father of Radiology and Oncology in Hong Kong, passed away peacefully on 10 August 2005. He was fondly nicknamed by his peers and pupils as ‘Emperor Ho’. He was decorated the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1985 for his outstanding services. The honors that Prof. Ho had received are phenomenal not only in terms of number, but also in terms of global extensiveness. His contributions to our profession were profound and far-reaching. Prof. Ho was born on 6 July 1916. He was a selfless patriot. Soon after his graduation from the Medical Faculty, University of Hong Kong (HKU) and his marriage in 1940, he volunteered for service in the Red Cross under the Chinese Defense League, and worked in the army field hospitals across China until the end of the war in 1945. He was a brilliant scholar. Besides higher qualification in Internal Medicine (MRCP in 1947 and FRCP in 1963), he also obtained both FRCR (Diagnostic) and FRCR (Therapy) between 1947-1959. Prof. Ho was a most dedicated and outstanding leader. He was the Consultant in-charge of the Radiological Sub-Department (under the government Medical and Health Department) and was responsible for the entire radiology services (both Diagnostic and Therapy) from 1950 to 1985. With his untiring efforts, he started the whole spectrum of cancer services from scratch, first at the Queen Mary Hospital. With the generous donation from the Royal Jockey Club, he set up the new Institute of Radiology and Oncology, equipped with the most advanced facilities, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1964. He was also instrumental in planning and setting up the subsequent oncology centers at Prince of Wales, Tuen Mun and Baptist Hospitals. In addition, he established a Radiobiology Unit to provide the infrastructure for basic science research, and he established the population-based Hong Kong Cancer Registry to monitor the incidence and mortality rates of cancers in the territory.

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Furthermore, he founded the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society not only to promote education, proactive prevention and early detection, but also to solicit donations to support hospice care, cancer-related research and helping needy patients. Nam Long Hospital built with the donations raised, was the first hospital dedicated for cancer patients requiring terminal care. Prof. Ho was a great boss and a most inspiring mentor. He was one of the longest serving professors in HKU (Honorary Lecturer in Radiology since 1950, and Honorary Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology in 1983). He had set up intensive training programs not only for radiologists and oncologists, but also for medical physicists and radiographers. Furthermore, he established the linkage with the Royal College of Radiologists to conduct conjoint Fellowship (FRCR) examinations annually in Hong Kong. This greatly facilitates not only local trainees, but also those in other Asian countries. Four generations of radiologists and oncologists can trace their lineage to Prof. Ho as their original mentor, and the department heads in all major oncology centers are his disciples. In addition, nearly half of the doctors in Hong Kong have once been his pupils. Hence, when he retired from public service in 1985, his pupils and colleagues from all disciplines worked together to set up ‘The Ho Hung-Chiu Medical Education Foundation’ to continue his spirit through sponsoring of training, scholarships/ fellowships, and research. Prof. Ho was a very caring doctor with exceptional acumen. Even after his retirement from government services, he continued working as Honorary Consultant at the Baptist Hospital for another 15 years before he truly retired. Prof. Ho was an internationally renowned scientist on nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC), a cancer prevalent among Southern Chinese. At a time when medical knowledge about NPC was practically non-existent, it was his pioneering works on the etiology, natural history, staging and radiotherapy techniques that have led to better understanding of the carcinogenesis, possibilities for prevention and early detection, better prognostication for appropriate tailoring of treatment strategies and more effective treatment. His achievement of 5-year disease-specific survival of 52% during 1976–1985 was the first break-through for what used to be an inevitably fatal cancer. The recent results showing gratifying reduction of age-standardized incidence of NPC in Hong Kong (by over 40% from 1975–1979 to 1995–1999), and the further improvement of 5-year survival to 80% for patients treated in the recent era 1996–2000 were all due to the seeds that Emperor Ho had sown during his reign. Prof. Ho had created the history of our profession and put Hong Kong on the world map. No words could adequately express our profound respect and gratitude for the unique heritage that he had given us. He will always be remembered fondly by all his friends and disciples, and his legend will be an eternal source of inspiration and strength. A tribute to a Great Giant – Emperor John Ho! Anne W.M. Lee, on behalf of his disciples August 2005

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‘Paper Boat’ Messages from King Li

“Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate freedom … the power to choose, to respond, to change.”

– Stephen Covey, Contemporary American author. In my one-year experience as a private practice radiologist in Arizona I learnt a lot more about myself than anything else. Although I increased the non-neuro MR business of the group by 300% during that time, I also felt that I was not enjoying myself. I missed the academic environment where one’s creativity can have proper outlets. I also found out that economic issues tend to dominate in the non-academic setting which sometimes can create conflicts with other things that I value. With this experience under my belt I was ready to rejoin the academic ranks and became a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Stanford in 1991. In the 10 years that I spent in Stanford I explored freely the world of science and medicine and came to appreciate the potential of interdisciplinary research. By immersing into the molecular biology world one realizes the immense complexity of life and it takes much ingenuity to be able to sort out biology at the systems level. I began to be a strong proponent of integrating imaging information with tissue analysis information in an iterative manner to understand systems biology and to come up with new diagnostic and therapeutic methods [1]. By becoming the Chief of Imaging Sciences Program and the Associate Director of the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health in 2001 I gained the opportunity to influence the vision of biomedical research in the new millennium. As one of the few highly recognized figures in “Molecular Imaging” I was asked to speak to scientists from different disciplines and participated in many national biomedical initiatives. Through my interactions with many radiologists I realized that there is a misconception by many clinical radiologists that “Molecular Imaging” is not going to be a major part of clinical radiology in the near to intermediate future because it takes many years and multi-million dollars to take a new imaging probe to market. To dispel this misconception I propose a more clinical definition of “Molecular Imaging” which is “the practice of medical imaging in the era of molecular medicine”. This definition is designed to be all inclusive so that we don’t get tunnel vision and the field of “Molecular Imaging” can enjoy the rapid growth similar to molecular diagnostic testing. You may ask how then can a clinical radiologist become a “Molecular Imager”? I propose that it can be divided into 4 different stages with increasing levels of sophistication.

Stage 1: “See morphology think molecular biology”. Stage 2: “Combine imaging information with molecular diagnostic information”. Stage 3: “Obtain molecular information using imaging”. Stage 4: “Personalizing treatment using combined molecular imaging and therapy”.

To achieve the first stage of development requires only acquisition of knowledge and applying the knowledge in the daily practice of clinical radiology and even everyday life. With this type of approach, any interested clinical radiologist can become a “Molecular Imager” without waiting for new imaging probes or imaging equipment. However, new

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teaching materials need to be developed to enable the interested radiologists to become active participants which many organizations are beginning to address. With the increase in momentum in the whole field we are optimistic that “Molecular Imaging” will be part of everyday clinical radiology practice in the near future. On this optimistic note I am going to say good-bye for now and before I sign off I would like to thank Dr. Lilian Leong, Dr. Jennifer Khoo and the Hong Kong College of Radiologists for giving me the opportunity to chat with you through the pages of the Newsletter. 1. Li KCP. Biomedical imaging in the postgenomic era: opportunities and challenges. Acad Radiol 2002;

9:999-1003.

King Li Skiing in Santa Fe, 2005

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Congratulations to Dr Lilian Leong – Fellowship of Academy of Medicine, Singapore Dr. Lilian Leong, our President, was awarded the Fellowship of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore at the 39th Singapore-Malaysia Congress of Malaysia in Singapore from 30 June to 3 July, 2005. The theme of this year’s Congress is “Celebrating 100 Years of Medical Education”. One of the missions of her trip is to discuss the cooperation amongst the Colleges of Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore in scientific meetings, training and research.

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Congratulations to Dr Alice Wu & Dr. YP Lee Dr. Alice KP Wu from Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital and Dr. YP Lee from Department of Radiology & Organ Imaging Prince of Wales Hospital had been awarded the Frank Doyle Medal and the Rohan Williams Medal respectively in the Fellowship Examinations in Clinical Radiology this year. The Frank Doyle Medal, in the Faculty of Clinical Oncology, is awarded to outstanding candidates in the First FRCR Examination. The Faculty of Clinical Radiology took the same approach until the examination format was changed in 2002. From 2004 the medal has been awarded on the basis of performance in the Final FRCR Part A Examination. The Rohan Williams Medal is awarded to outstanding candidates at the Final Examination for the Fellowship. Other candidates who received the honors for their outstanding performance include:

Dr. FL Chan Rohan Williams Award (1975)

Dr. Susan CH Chan Frank Doyle Medal (1984)

Prof. Jonathan ST Sham Rohan Williams Medal (1985)

Dr. CC Yau Frank Doyle Medal (1988)

Dr. Tina PW Lam Frank Doyle Medal (1992)

Dr. Harry H Y Yiu Frank Doyle Medal (1993)

Dr. MY Luk Frank Doyle Medal (1995)

Dr. Stephen CW Cheung Frank Doyle Medal (1997)

Dr. MY Luk Rohan Williams Medal (1997)

Dr. Stephen CW Cheung Rohan Williams Medal (2000)

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RCR Examination Calendar

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS Calendar of College Events

2005/2006 March 2006 06-07 FRCR First Examination – Clinical Oncology

13 FRCR First Examination – Clinical Radiology

20-21 FRCR Final Part A Examination – Clinical Radiology

April 2006 03 FRCR Final Examination Written Papers – Clinical Oncology

10-13 FRCR Final Part B Examination – Clinical Radiology

23-27 FRCR Final Clinical & Oral Examinations – Clinical Oncology

June 2006 12 FRCR First Examination – Clinical Radiology September 2006 04-05 FRCR First Examination – Clinical Oncology

18-19 FRCR Final Part A Examination – Clinical Radiology

25 FRCR Final Examination Written papers – Clinical Oncology

October 2006 09-12 FRCR Final Part B Examination – Clinical Radiology

16-19 FRCR Final Clinical & Oral Examinations – Clinical Oncology

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Examination & Results

Joint Final Examination for Fellowship – October 2005

Clinical Radiology Date: 18-20 October 2005 Venue: 3/F, Block H, Department of Radiology, Queen Mary Hospital Examiners: Dr. Irving WELLS (Senior Examiner) Dr. David LINDSELL (Examiner) Dr. TSO Wai Kuen (Examiner) Dr. KWOK Chong Hei Philip (Examiner) Dr. Ann KING (Examiner) Dr. John LO (Examiner) Dr. LO Shing Shun (Observer) Dr. LOKE Kwok Loon Tony (Observer) Successful Candidates:

AU Mei Yee Prince of Wales Hospital CHAN Hui Ying, Elizabeth Changi General Hospital CHEA Yen Wei Singapore General Hospital EMMANUEL Jaiman Victor KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Singapore HOWE Tse Chiang National University Hospital, Singapore HUI Wai Yi, Joyce Prince of Wales Hospital KAN Yee Ling, Elaine Princess Margaret Hospital KEI Shiu Kong Tuen Mun Hospital LAM Suk Yee, Judy Prince of Wales Hospital LAW Yan Mee Singapore General Hospital LEE Yien Sien National Neuroscience Institute LEE Yim Ping Prince of Wales Hospital LI On Chee, Angela Tuen Mun Hospital LO Shing Wai, Sherwin Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital NIDUGALA KESHAVA Shyamkumar The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Adelaide, SAONG Cheng Kang National University Hospital, Singapore ONG Mun Wai Eugene Naional University Hospital SIU Yung Woon Prince of Wales Hospital SO Chiu Kui Kwong Wah Hospital TAN Bien Peng Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore TSANG Tsz Kan Queen Elizabeth Hospital WONG Ka Kin Queen Mary Hosptial WU Ka Pik Queen Mary Hosptial

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Clinical Oncology Date: 19-20 October 2005 Venue: 4/F, Block R, Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Examiners: Dr. Jane BARRETT (Senior Examiner) Dr. David Spooner (Examiner) Dr. NGAN Kai Cheong Roger (Examiner) Dr. CHUA Tsin Tien Daniel (Examiner) Dr. YAU Tsz Kok (Examiner) Dr. YU Kwok Hung (Observer) Successful Candidates:

CHAN Kuen Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital CHOI Chi Yin Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital LEE Kun Min Prince of Wales Hospital LEE Shu Ngar, Donna Queen Mary Hospital NG Wan Ying, Alice Tuen Mun Hospital TSANG Hin Ling, Abby Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Nuclear Medicine First Examination for Fellowship – October 2005 Date: 20 October 2005 Venue: Department of Nuclear Medicine, KLG, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Examiners: Prof. Gustav K. von Schulthess (Senior Examiner) Dr. CHOI Pak Tat, Frankie (Examiner) Dr. HO Wai Yin (Examiner) Ms. Joyce LEUNG (Examiner) Dr. CHU King Sun (Observer) Successful Candidates:

CHOU Qi Hua, Sandas Queen Elizabeth Hospital

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Membership Status The College has the following numbers of members as at 31 August 2005:

Status Number Honorary Fellow 8 Fellow 322 Member 77 Trainee Member 11 Associate Member 1 Total 419

List of Members admitted from 30 March 2005 till 31 August 2005:

Admission Date Name Specialty Training Center26 April 2005 LO Bill Archie RD PMH 26 April 2005 SIU Wai Kwan Steven CO QMH 26 April 2005 WONG Chun Wai RD KWH 31 May 2005 POON Ming Chun CO PWH 28 June 2005 KA Yig Joon Solomon RD PYNEH 28 June 2005 LAI Hiu Yan Miranda RD UCH 28 June 2005 LEE Kwok Fun Victor CO TMH 28 June 2005 LEUNG Kwok Cheung Alex CO QEH 28 June 2005 YEUNG Nga Yan CO QEH 26 July 2005 CHU Yiu Ching RD KWH 26 July 2005 WONG Chun Sing RD PMH

List of Fellow admitted from 30 March 2005 till 31 August 2005:

Admission Date Name Specialty Training Center26 April 2005 WONG Chi Ping NM QEH

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Breast Cancer Symposium Recognizing the increasing impact of Breast Cancer on health care delivery in Hong Kong, and the many recent advances in the fields of Radiology, Clinical Oncology and Surgery, the Hong Kong College of Radiologists organized a Breast Cancer Symposium at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) on 7th May 2005. The event took place on a Saturday afternoon in the Lecture Theatre in the R Block of QEH. The attendance was as expectedly high (about 150), and arrangements for tele-transmission to an adjacent room had been made. Six lectures were delivered by speakers from the various specialties. Our guest speaker was Dr. Miranda Chan, Consultant Surgeon of Kwong Wah Hospital. She delivered a very exciting lecture on sentinel lymph node biopsy, with a video clip demonstrating how the procedure was performed.

USG & MR in Breast Cancer Imaging Dr. Tina PW Lam Department of Radiology, QMH Radiotherapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer- an Update Dr. Ray TT Chan Department of Clinical Oncology, QMH Breast Biopsies - From theory to Practice Dr. HS Lam Department of Radiology, KWH Use of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer Dr. Miranda Chan Department of Surgery, KWH Changing Role of Nuclear Medicine in Breast Cancer Management Dr. Frankie PT Choi Department of Nuclear Medicine, PYNEH Update in Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Early Breast Cancer Dr. MY Luk Department of Clinical Oncology, QEH

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Speakers and Organizers From left to right: Dr. Amy Pang, Dr. May Luk, Dr. Peter Choi, Dr. HS Lam, Dr. Miranda Chan, Dr. Jennifer Khoo, Dr. Frankie Choi, Dr. TM Chan

Porcelain Cup and Saucer Sets by Mrs C Yuen Our College has received porcelain cup and saucer sets handmade by Mrs. C Yuen. Mr. C Yuen is one of the Directors of CCIF CPA Limited (our Honorary Auditor, Mr. Charles Chan's company). We would like to express our sincere thanks to Mr. & Mrs. C Yuen and Mr. Charles Chan.

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Revised HKCR Subscription and Fees

Hong Kong College of Radiologists Subscription and Fees

(Effective 30 August 2005)

Subscription and Fees Admission FeeHK$

Annual SubscriptionHK$

(A) Full Subscription

1) Fellows* 3,000 3,000

2) Members* 300 300

3) Trainee Members* 300 300

* The admission fees are applicable if normal pathway is followed, otherwise additional admission fees will apply as described in the following notes.

4) Associate Members 5,000 2,000

(B) Reduced Subscription

5) Fellows reaching the age of 70 or more N/A Waived

6) Fellows reaching the age of 65 or more N/A 1,000

7) Retired Fellows

Have reached the age of 55 and retired from remunerative radiological practice

N/A 1,000

8) Fellows/Members/Trainee Members/Associate

Members residing overseas Treated as local

Subscription as Cat. A 1, 2, 3 & 4

9) Fellows with financial hardship Members concerned need to apply to the College stating reasons. Applications will be considered on individual basis

To be considered on individual basis

(C) 10) Reinstatement of Fellowship Reinstatement fee of 3,000

*Notes : 1. This table of subscription and admission fees are subject to the additional conditions as follows:

a. Additional admission fee will be applied if: ( i ) Trainee Member applies to be a Member more than 2 months after passing Part I

Examination: the admission fee will be HK$2,000.00 ( ii ) Trainee Member applies to be a Member after passing Part II Examination: the admission fee

will be HK$10,000.00 ( iii ) Trainee Member applies to be a Fellow directly: the admission fee will be HK$15,000.00

b. Additional admission fee will be applied if Non-member applies to be a: ( i ) Member directly.

a) For candidate passed Part I but has not passed Part II, the admission fee will be HK$4,000.00

b) For candidate passed Part II, the admission fee will be HK$10,000 ( ii ) Fellow directly. The admission fee will be HK$15,000.00

2. All applications for reduced rates will be considered only upon formal written request. 3. Age will be counted to 31 December of the current year. 4. All reduced rates will be effective from the next subscription year after approval of application. 5. All subscriptions will be subject to a surcharge of 5% if settled after 31st March of the subscription year. 6. Any amendments in fees and subscription can be made according to the Constitution and By-laws

without prior notification of those affected.

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Conferences

2006 UK Radiological Congress Organizers: The British Institute of Radiology, The College of Radiographers, The Institute of Physics & Engineering in

Medicine, The Royal College of Radiologists Date: 15-17 May 2006 Venue: NIA, ICC & Austin Court, Birmingham, UKEnquiry: UKRC 2006 Organizers, PO Box 2895, London, W1A 5RS Tel: +44 (0) 20 7307 1410/20 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7307 1414 E-mail: conference@ukrc.org.uk Web: www.ukrc.org.uk

12th Hong Kong International Cancer Congress & 2nd Annual Meeting Centre for Cancer Research

Date: 8-10 December 2006 Venue: Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, Faulty of Medicine Building, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Enquiry: Congress Secretariat Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2818 0232 / 2855 4235 Fax: (852) 2818 1186 E-mail: hkicc05@hku.hk Web: www.hkicc.org The Breast Course 2006

Date: 13-16 March 2006 Venue: Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo, Florida, USA Enquiry: C/O OIRAM Communications Inc. 3, Place Laval, Suite 520, Laval, Quebec H7N 1A2, Canada Web: www.thebreastcourse.com

The 11th Annual Scientific Symposium of the HongKong Cancer Institute – Combined Modality Management of Malignancies of Head & Neck andChest Organizers: Hong Kong Cancer Institute & Department of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Date: 14-15 January 2006 Venue: Postgraduate Education Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT., Hong Kong SAR

Enquiry: Miss Nicole Ngan G07, G/F, Sir Y.K. Pao Centre for Cancer,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital Fax: (852) 2632 5816 E-mail: conference2006@clo.cuhk.edu.hk

American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting 2006

Organizer: American Roentgen Ray Society Date: 30 April – 5 May 2006 Venue: Vancouver, BC Canada Enquiry: E-mail: meeting@arrs.org Web: www.arrs.org

The 26th Annual Course in CT, MRI and PET Organizers: Prof Janet Husband, Mrs Tiba Seear Date: 9-13 April 2006 Venue: The Gleneagles Hotel Auchterarder Perthshire Scotland, UK Enquiry: London CT Course Ltd. Secretariat Office The British Institute of Radiology 36 Portland Place London W1B 1AT Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 1411 Fax: +44 (0)20 7307 1414

E-mail:ctmricourse@bir.org.uk Web: www.ctmricourse.co.uk